LIFELINE Medical Transport Service Ltd. were established as an independent ambulance service in April 1997. At that stage, we specialised in providing the Transplant Units of the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne with a reliable emergency service.    
 
Proving that LIFELINE could cope under the pressure of transplantation, and the timed runs. LIFELINE built up a reputation of quality, punctuality and reliability. In fact a true LIFELINE to the transplant units and very quickly we were accepted as the primary support service for the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Newcastle General Hospital.
 
In 2004, LIFELINE achieved Investors in People status. Then going on to gain accreditation from LLoyds Registry of Quality Assurance, with ISO9001. This relates to having a Quality Management System applicable to: The provision of a road transport service to the Medical Profession, transporting personnel, patients, organs, specimens, blood, records and equipment.